Ovules pendulous
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Title
Ovules pendulous
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Definition
Ovules that hang downward from the septum at apex of the locule with the micropyle facing upward.
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Notes
In neotropical Lecythidaceae the ovules are anatropous, bitegmic, and tenuinucellate.
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